The Marchesini Group has come up with three green solutions for the pharma packaging industry in the background of rising demand for sustainable solutions. The innovative products will be showcased at the upcoming pharma trade shows.

Hengli Petrochemical started up the world's largest stand-alone pure terephthalic acid (PTA) production plant at the end of June. According to PROCESS China, the new PTA-5 plant has an annual capacity of 2.5 million tons and is ready to be the third new plant to be started up in China this year.

In line with BASF’s ambitious climate targets announced earlier, the company has now come up with a detailed action plan to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 25 % by 2030 and aims to reach its goal of net zero emissions globally by 2050.

Uniper, Hydrogenious and Jera Americas have entered into a joint study agreement with Adnoc to explore hydrogen transportation between the UAE and Germany. Hydrogenious’ Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier (LOHC) technology will also be used for this venture.

Under a joint feasibility study, Total Energies and Eneos will explore the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at the Eneos Negishi Refinery in Japan. The facility is expected to have a production capacity of 300,000 tons annually.

The production capacity of crude oil in China's refineries climbed to a new record high in June. Analysts see this as a sign of the rapid recovery of the Chinese economy. However, market observers and Chinese officials see the current overcapacities and the corona crisis as increased pressure to reform the country's oil processing industry.

KBR’s Rose supercritical Solvent De-Asphalting technology and Vacuum Distillation Unit have been selected by Taiwan’s CPC Corporation. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide a license, basic engineering and proprietary equipment for its Rose technology as well as supply the engineering package for the upstream VDU.

Under an alliance agreement signed between both the companies, Toyo Engineering and JGC Corporation will together undertake EPC projects for fuel-ammonia manufacturing plants and ammonia receiving terminals in Japan. The Japanese Government’s goal of realizing carbon neutrality by 2050 and fuel ammonia being seen as a decarbonized fuel across the globe has led to the formation of this alliance.

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Sasol has joined Aireg, the Aviation Initiative for Renewable Energy which aims to encourage de-fossilization of the aviation industry. Sasol will bring its expertise with the Fischer-Tropsch process not only to the member companies but also to firms across the entire value chain for producing sustainable aviation fuels.